Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo
Presented by Utah Museum of Fine Arts at Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake CityFebruary 24 - June 30
Miki Hayakawa (1899-1953), Hisako Hibi (1907-1991), and Miné Okubo (1912-2001) were three of the most active and visible female artists of Japanese descent of the pre-World War II generations. Their critically acclaimed careers spanned eight decades and four US states, yet the full extent of their work has been understudied in 20th-century American art history. Pictures of Belonging is an unprecedented (re)introduction featuring more than 100 artworks by these trailblazers, with many on...
[more+]Miki Hayakawa (1899-1953), Hisako Hibi (1907-1991), and Miné Okubo (1912-2001) were three of the most active and visible female artists of Japanese descent of the pre-World War II generations. Their critically acclaimed careers spanned eight decades and four US states, yet the full extent of their work has been understudied in 20th-century American art history. Pictures of Belonging is an unprecedented (re)introduction featuring more than 100 artworks by these trailblazers, with many on public display for the first time. By tracing their prewar, wartime, and postwar artistic production, Pictures of Belonging illuminates an expanded view of the “American experience” by women who used artmaking to “take up space,” to make their presence and existence visible, and to assert that they belonged.
Hibi and Okubo were unjustly imprisoned at Topaz near Delta, Utah, from 1942 until 1944/45. Their depictions of life in Utah during this time add special significance to this exhibition at the UMFA, the first venue to host Pictures of Belonging on its national tour.
The traveling version of Pictures of Belonging is curated by Dr. ShiPu Wang and is organized by the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California. This exhibition is made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art and is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts.
February 24, 2024 to June 30, 2024
[less-]Dates & times
Wed, May 01 @ 10:00 am Thu, May 02 @ 10:00 am Fri, May 03 @ 10:00 am Sat, May 04 @ 10:00 am Sun, May 05 @ 10:00 am Tue, May 07 @ 10:00 am Wed, May 08 @ 10:00 am Thu, May 09 @ 10:00 am Fri, May 10 @ 10:00 am Sat, May 11 @ 10:00 am Sun, May 12 @ 10:00 am Tue, May 14 @ 10:00 am Wed, May 15 @ 10:00 am Thu, May 16 @ 10:00 am Fri, May 17 @ 10:00 am Sat, May 18 @ 10:00 am Sun, May 19 @ 10:00 am Tue, May 21 @ 10:00 am Wed, May 22 @ 10:00 am Thu, May 23 @ 10:00 am Fri, May 24 @ 10:00 am Sat, May 25 @ 10:00 am Sun, May 26 @ 10:00 am Tue, May 28 @ 10:00 am Wed, May 29 @ 10:00 am Thu, May 30 @ 10:00 am Fri, May 31 @ 10:00 am Sat, Jun 01 @ 10:00 am Sun, Jun 02 @ 10:00 am Tue, Jun 04 @ 10:00 am Wed, Jun 05 @ 10:00 am Thu, Jun 06 @ 10:00 am Fri, Jun 07 @ 10:00 am Sat, Jun 08 @ 10:00 am Sun, Jun 09 @ 10:00 am Tue, Jun 11 @ 10:00 am Wed, Jun 12 @ 10:00 am Thu, Jun 13 @ 10:00 am Fri, Jun 14 @ 10:00 am Sat, Jun 15 @ 10:00 am Sun, Jun 16 @ 10:00 am Tue, Jun 18 @ 10:00 am Wed, Jun 19 @ 10:00 am Thu, Jun 20 @ 10:00 am Fri, Jun 21 @ 10:00 am Sat, Jun 22 @ 10:00 am Sun, Jun 23 @ 10:00 am Tue, Jun 25 @ 10:00 am Wed, Jun 26 @ 10:00 am Thu, Jun 27 @ 10:00 am Fri, Jun 28 @ 10:00 am Sat, Jun 29 @ 10:00 am Sun, Jun 30 @ 10:00 am - Less dates